…So the expectation is that a criminal organization would obviously print and build a gun, but they wouldn’t sidestep a law to illegally build a 3D printer from scratch to do it?

Christians of Lemmy!

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foot shuffle

Good thinking, shoot it with a 12ga slug.

but seriously, time and sense are a factor there. A few seconds? In front of me? I’d waver that action under a few conditions.

Keep your OS updated, make regular backups, use full-disk-encryption, and nuke and pave whenever things get cluttery. You’ll be alright.

Were it me and I just went through a TSA screening and they took it and returned,… I may nuke the laptop.

looks at instant pot

Y-you know…

This would either be opt-in or up to your device. I’d suspect any Pixel, Samsung or iPhone with Ai assisted accessibility features enabled to be likely targets.

My statement, in truth was more of a “water is wet”, broad stroke. If some feature of your phone involves an Ai agent reading your screen, then I hate to say this, but I’m afraid an Ai agent may be reading your screen.

When it does, whether it does becomes irrelevant if it can, and I don’t trust ifs. I directly tell my iPhone and average Android users on XMPP that they should know not to discuss much more than they would in a crowded mall, if that. You’re at the mercy of your manufacturer for any illusion of privacy you believe you may have. In more truth, we all are, me on a Oneplus 11 on Lineage, just maybe slightly less so. No Ai, at least.

A switch and you’re all good, fam.

Buy a single-board x86 or ARM PC with more than one ethernet port on it and install openwrt, or opn/pfsense on it depending on your sensibilities and enjoy.

I use an OpenWRT ONE router, it’s a BananaPi with OpenWRT on it.

Update and reboot regularly, don’t get behind.

No.

I was an NPR supporter for years but now I find them to be more in line with being a voice for corporate Democrats and the status-quo.

The rest of the radio is a wash.

What if I told you on some phones, an Ai agent is watching your every keystroke, making e2e entirely moot?

What if I told you that if anyone in the chatrooms you visit has one, then the entire chatroom is compromised, you included?

Food for thought.

The cheapest?

I um, rebuild my own vape coil. Thing is, I know that’s a rather outdated concept, but one fine day, I ran out of coils, remembered I had a rebuildable for this device and just… never went back?

4 inches of wire, and a clump of cotton. I usually never rebuild the wire and just install new cotton.

So, ~$0.05 therabouts.

Main-character types that think their exception is rule enough to be bitter.

Everyone sucks, build your own router or depend on the enshitty options at your local ScamN’Shop.

what about the average consumer?

He’s fucked.

Consider the Following

Big Country - Influenced your favorite band, bagpipe guitars, google it.

They Might be Giants - Not JUST a fun jokey band, just mostly one. Some of their songs are lyrically and musically brilliant tho despite the light tone.

The Menzingers - A lighter hardcore band with a southern rock vibe that puts out really heartfelt and just awesome stuff.

Yeah, but listening to all of it, you get the sense it’s more 12 albums with 10 fluff pieces around them.

In no timeline am I ever putting Laminated Denim up against IDPLM&L, or Gumboot against Nonagon. Their bar for quality is kinda loopy.

I liked Phantom Island, a good B+ record from them with some of my favorite singles. They’re still an extremely strong band, they sometimes spend 1-3 albums fucking around before making another hit.

We didn’t get up when we found out he was a pedophile. That ship kinda sailed.

Might as well be on the safe side and use an American or Chinese one. /s

Guess it’s UAE spyware now.

Pssssst.

no one “owns” XMPP.

Win survive.

It’s like some people think this is an actual war between two even forces or something. Check your motivations.

Got any tartar sauce for them Mountain Oysters?